Internal risks are the key for the Russian economy, but foreign risks exist as well, the Central Bank’s Chairwoman Elvira Nabiullina said. “Internal risks for the Russian economy are still the key, I believe. Nevertheless, foreign risks exist as well, and Anton Siluanov has already defined them as “uncertainty”. Uncertainty in dynamics of global growth…
Ukraine’s real gross domestic product (GDP) in the second quarter of 2016 increased by 1.4% YoY. This information has been posted on the website of the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) with a reference to the State Statistics Service. “The Ukrainian economic growth has been accelerated. In the second quarter of 2016, the real GDP…
Russian national flag carrier Aeroflot may sell its largest affiliate Rossiya Airlines. Aeroflot owns 75% minus one share in the affiliate, while the rest is owned by the government of St. Petersburg. Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich ordered the Transport Ministry to prepare suggestions for the possibility of Aeroflot selling Rossiya Airlines. The Economic Development…
The Russian communications service has suggested implementing special software for subscriber devices to identify users of Wi-Fi networks of Internet access and insists on administrative responsibility for individuals-owners of such networks. The Federal Service for Supervision of Communications, Information Technology, and Mass Media checked more than 18,000 public hotspots across the country and found out…
The second stage of Russia’s bond issuance has been planned and is not replacing privatization, Economic Development Minister Aleksey Ulyukayev said. “Those are absolutely different tracks, we’ve always said that the second stage of bond issuance means exhaustion of the $3 billion quota”, he said, adding that “it does not replace the decision on privatization…
Russian national flag carrier Aeroflot is not considering the possibility of selling its stake in affiliate Rossiya Airlines, a representative of Aeroflot reported. Earlier mass media reported citing three federal officials that Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich had ordered the Transport Ministry to prepare suggestions for a sale of Rossiya Airlines by Aeroflot. “The issue…
Belarus’ Agriculture and Food Minister Leonid Zayats named industrial cooperation as a promising line in the interaction between Belarus and Tajikistan as he spoke at the conference held on September 22, to mark the 20th anniversary of the diplomatic relations between Tajikistan and Belarus. Leonid Zayats took note of the project to organize the assembling…